Fatal driveaway crash claims Toledo operator in New Castle
Elmer Roy Salsbery of Toledo is killed when his light delivery truck is hit by an empty convoy driven by Roy H. Lacoe of Clarks Summit. The crash on Route 423 near Parkstown curve injured Lacoe and left Salsbery dead at Jameson Memorial hospital. Coroner’s hearing pending with charges of failure to yield right of way.
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Elmer Roy Salsbery
Norwport Avenue
Taleo, O
Faul A. Butler Driveaway Company
Toledo
Lght
Baker Driveaway Company
Roy H. Lacce
R. PF
Clarks Summit
Park Parkstoin Corners
Salsberg
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Yammer
Salsbery
New Castle
Latoe
422
Parkstown
Beenburg
Gecther
Lacoe
Eli Byler
Warner
Charles Piper Evers
Salsberys
Yaminer
Justice of the Peace
H. M. Reynolds
Burke Undertaking
Reynolds
Lecce
Newspaper From Hawaii Delights Local Soldier's Family
Bill Jones of South New Castle receives Honolulu Advertiser mailed by his son William in the U S Army. The issue shows mass maneuvers on Oahu with a photo of soldiers advancing in a smoke screen featuring young Will Jones. A freak storm drenches East Side and downtown near midnight as Rainbow dancegoers at Cascade Park rush to cars.
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Bill Jones
South New Castle Boro
Hawaii
Honolulu
East Side
Downstown
Cascade Park
Daily Weather Report for United States and River Stage
A daily weather summary notes 24 hour period ending Tuesday with maximum temperatures at 63 and 57 degrees in different periods, minimums at 54 and 57, and no precipitation in one area while another reports 0.64 inches. River stage stands at 4.4 feet.
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United States
Citizenship Certificates Given To Large Group At Public Ceremony
About 135 men and women received U S citizenship certificates at a public ceremony in Lawrence County Court House Court Room One. The Perry Gaston Post American Legion sponsors the event to stress the duties and honors of new citizenship with Judge Thomas W Dickey and Rev Zelee Schirra officiating.
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Lawrence County Court House
United States
Perry 5
Gaston Post
C. A. Patterson
Clarence A. Patterson
Legion
Zelee Schirra
Patterson
Thomas W. Dickey
Dickey
Prison break attempt shocks Indiana jail inmates lead raid
In Michigan City Indiana three long term convicts attempted a knife wielded breakout trapping Ruth Joiner a social worker and two others. Troopers blasted into the jail physician’s office wounding the trio and others. Richard Sweet 27 leader in critical condition with a head wound. Ruth Joiner shot twice with possible arm amputation outcome. Alphonse Skusewich 21 and Earl Miverson 30 wounded. Local report from New Castle quotes a violent two hour captivity and a dangerous escape bid.
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International News Service
Michigan City
Ind
Ruth Joiner
Richard Sweet
Alphonse Skusewich
Earl Miverson
Skusewich
Niverson
Huy
New Castle
Executives Of Radiator Co Gather Here
The National Radiator Company led by R. B. Waters gathers eighty executives and branch sales managers from Chicago to Boston in New Castle for a three day Boller Clinic at the plant. C. Lawrence Evans, C. L. Crouse, and E. W. Longacre attend with planned sales conferences and plant tours. A dinner is scheduled Thursday at the New Castle Field Club, clinic ends Saturday.
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R. 8. Waters
National
New Castle
East New Castle
NITY
President Roosevelt Ready To Return To White House
Hyde Park June 28 Roosevelt moves back to Washington to tell Congress he will press to keep it in session through January while tackling major issues. The White House seeks power to value the dollar and a revision of the neutrality law affecting cash and carry discretion.
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International News Service
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
White House
Formal Opening Of Power Plant In New Castle
The new 3 million dollar New Castle Power plant at West Pittsburg will have a formal opening Thursday at 2 30 p m Following a flag raising by the Boy Scouts and music by the Perry Gaston post American Legion officials Wendell Willkie W W H Sammis and Louis B Round will lead the inspection Guides will escort the public through the vast plant with explanations by company employees Continued on Page Two.
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New Castle
West Pittsburg
United States
Boy Scouts of America
Perry Gaston Post
Américan Legion
Wendell Willkie
Commonwealth
Southern
H. Sammis
Pennsylvania Power Company
Louis B. Round
AUY
Birthday Party Aboard Clipper En route to Ireland
Yankee Clipper flies 1995 miles to Foynes Ireland on a record Atlantic crossing. Pan American celebrates a birthday party for Juan T. Trippe aboard the flying boat as it nears its goal with details of distance altitude and timing reported from Newfoundland and Ireland. The story also notes Beaverbrook Press persists that the Duke and Duchess of Windsor may return to England in October despite denials.
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International News
Port Washington
N. F
Ireland
Atlantic
E.D.T
Botwood
Newfoundland
Foyrnes
Pan-American Airways
Pan-American
Foynes
Pan American Airways
England
Canada
Duchess of Windsor
Bngland
Paris
London
Hunt For Missing Former University Head Extends
Louisiana authorities widen a nationwide hunt for Dr. James Monroe Smith former president of Louisiana State University. Police prepare bulletins as officials plan deeper probe into ramified financial dealings labeled by charges as intricate and hard to interpret.
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William G. Gaudet
International News Service
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Fis
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Smith
Jekyl
Hyde
Hunt Son Of Slain Woman In Hollywood Mystery
Police and investigators in Hollywood search for the 63-year-old son of Mrs Margaret Campbell the 63 year old film actress found slain in her apartment. Detectives hope the son may offer information about the case as questions linger about motive and suspect.
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Hunt
Campbell MacDonald
Hollywood
International Xana
Margaret Campbell
New Castle Proclaims June 29 as Pennsylvania Power Day
The mayor proclaims June 29 a special Pennsylvania Power Company Day to honor the Beaver River steam electric plant near West Pittsburg. A testimonial dinner by the Greater New Castle Association will feature Wendell L. Walkie as principal speaker at the Cathedral venue.
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Pennsylvania Power Company
Beaver River
West Pittsburg
New Castle
New Onastle
Greater New Castle Association
Wendell L. Walkie
Commonwealth & Southern
War and Peace factions on Sarajevo anniversary
A fragmentary report notes competing war and peace factions on Sarajevo’s anniversary amid broader world tensions. Britain’s Chamberlain cites Japan ready to negotiate the Tientsin blockade while Japan advances naval actions near Foochow and Wenchew.
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Sarajevo
Hiternaional News Services
London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Japan
Tientsin
Torkyo
Foochow
Wenchew
Tientson
Tashiro
Warsaw
Aydear
Danzig
Paris
Daladier
France
German Military Concentrations Reported in Danzig
Warsaw reports large scale German troop concentrations in the free city of Danzig, fueling fears of a possible move to reclaim the area. About 4,000 Germans in civilian clothes were described in incoming dispatches, though Berlin’s propaganda ministry denied knowledge of such reports.
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Lestei Kierkin
Gialatewa
Serview Bratt
Warsaw
Unesn
Free City
Danzig
Berlin
Wor- Sa
Alleged Slayer Of Patrolman Captured In Pittsburgh
Police captured Benjamin Duke Giryard 27 after surrounding a Brushton house following a market stickup in East Liberty that killed Patrolman Edward Conway 39. Investigators said accomplice Ian Walker 25 fled. both men were on parole. Day in New Castle.
Death Record notices list three deaths and two teens
The June 28 1939 death records report Philip Gullo 57 of New Castle Evelyn Mie McConnell 17 of Neorth Beaver township Elmer E Shaffer 17 of Mercer Tougiy and Elmer Roy Salsbery 54 of Toledo Ohio.
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Philip Gullo
New Castle
Evelyn Mie McConnell
Neorth
Beaver Township
Elmer E. Shaffer
Mercer Tougiy
Elmer Roy Salsbery
Toledo
Foreign ships flee Wenchow warned of Japanese attack
Shanghai reports all foreign ships are leaving Wenchow port as Japan plans an attack tomorrow. The Joan Muller wireless says the deadline expires Thursday and 28 ships remain despite requests for evacuation.
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Avedletm
Shanghai
Wenchow Port
Joan Muller
Japan
Wern
Chow
Britain
France
Foochow and
Wenehow
Dean Mojler
Pars, By
New Castle
Moscow denies Japanese claim of 98 planes downed
Moscow rejected a Tokyo report that 98 Soviet aircraft were shot down in the outer Mongolian border clash. The Soviet version said 93 Soviet planes were downed, with seven Japanese planes and savlen planes claimed by Moscow, describing the battle as a response to Japanese frontier violations.
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Moscow
Japan
International New Service
New Castle Encouragement Tax Bill Awaits Sign
Washington June 28 The business encouragement tax by 16 day needed only President Roosevelt's signature to become law. Members of Congress believed the executive would make the signing one of the first White House orders upon his return from Hyde Park New York.
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Tuterna Lana News Service
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Hyde Park
N.Y
County Wool Sells At Higher Prices In Pool Auction
Members of the Law Wool Growers Association opened bids for the 1939 wool pool in Lawrence County on Tuesday. Draper and Company of Boston, Mass. purchased the pool, with prices showing a substantial increase over last year, promising several thousand dollars to association members. Prices ranged from 0.25 to 0.28 per pound for various blood and wool types, with figures updated from the prior year.
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Law Wool Growers Association
Lawrence County Agricultural Externsty
Draper and Company
Boston
Mass
W. F F. McCracken
Delaine
Tx Renan New Castle
Endurance Fliers Forced Down In Springfield
Endurance fliers Hunter Moody and Wilber Parrish of Decatur halted their attempt at a new world record after about 1680 hours aloft when engine trouble forced a landing near Springfield. Prior radio problems and fatigue followed long flights in their silvery single smatered aircraft.
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International News Service
Springfield
Hunter Moody
Wilber Parrish
Decatur
Wrdmen
Earth
Hughes and wife return from Pocono Mountains vacation
Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes and Mrs Hughes returned to their New York hotel apartment after a vacation in the Pocono Mountains Pennsylvania. The Supreme Court leader and his wife resumed duties today amid resumed duties following the leisure trip.
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Internaiional News Services
New York
Charles Evans Hughes
U. S. Supreme Court
Mrs. Hughes
Jin Uheir
Pocono Mountains
Pennsylvania
Anglo Japanese Negotiations To Get Under Way
Britain declares scope limited as Anglo Japanese talks to resolve the Tientsin crisis begin in Tokyo. Japan warns all security issues in China must be addressed, while searching of British residents near concessions ends with the start of diplomacy.
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Japan
China
Itrserati News
Tokyo
Tiemsin
State Trial Is Again Delayed
Harrisburg dispatch reports the third postponement in a high profile Democratic trial. Key witness Thomas B. Witt remains absent as the court weighs further delays. Judge Hughes hopes to start jury selection this afternoon in the conspiracy case involving H. Kirk, H. R. Temple, and Victor Skok over alleged highway bending in western Pennsylvania.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Thomas B. Witt
Jamies Pirk
Commonwealth
Howard Ww. Huches
Washington County
Hughes
Sturf
Trr
Kirk
H. HR. Temple
Victor Skok
Pennsylvania
New Castle
Unclear text fragment about crops and weeds
Fragmentary lines describe crops, weeds, dynamite, seeds, flames, potatoes, looting place, and weather with vague imagery. No clear persons, organizations, places, dates, or concrete events are identifiable from the readable text.
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Elmer &. Salsbery
Froy H. Lacoe
PA Newc
Daily Weather Report
Indiana
Radiator Co
Cenfer
Jas. Monroe
Louisiana University
Chas, E
M'Grath
City of
Wichitr
Wenchow
Nuy
New
New Castles
Searchinex
Brition Authority
Trentware
le Chamberisin
League Ons
Lees
New Brmions
Tisxtsim
Buc Apperenriy
Herve Bean
ACT
Arthur Memeter
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